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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, February 25, 2000
World
Barak backs retaliation pledge
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ehud Barak defended his foreign minister yesterday for pledging to exact retribution for anti-Israel attacks launched from Lebanon "blood for blood, soul for soul, child for child."
Barak's support for David Levy's remarks was likely to further attract Arab fury and was a sign of how far apart the sides are a month after peace talks with Syria broke down.
Levy pledged Wednesday that the ground of Lebanon would burn if militant Islamic guerrillas expand their attacks beyond engaging Israeli troops in south Lebanon. His remarks sparked outrage even among fellow Cabinet ministers, but Barak said they were appropriate.
Lebanese guerrillas shrugged off the threats and attacked Israeli troops and their allied militia in the Israeli-occupied zone of southern Lebanon. Lebanese security officials said guerrillas attacked three positions held by Israeli soldiers and their allied militia.
Israeli artillery yesterday night also bombarded suspected guerrilla positions, the officials said. But there were no immediate reports of casualties.
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah and the Lebanese Resistance Brigades, a group backed by Hezbollah, claimed responsibility for the attacks, both saying their fighters scored direct hits.
Sheik Nabil Kaouk, the southern Lebanon commander of Hezbollah, the most active of the guerrilla
groups, said his men would fight on despite Israeli strikes.
Barak made an election pledge to pull Israeli troops out of a buffer zone in southern Lebanon by July. Until recently, he has insisted that a withdrawal would be part of an agreement with Syria, the main power in Lebanon. But in recent days he has suggested that a unilateral withdrawal is also an option.
Pulling out without an agreement would likely be bloody — a pullback from other parts of Lebanon in 1955 drew heavy fire from Hezbollah guerrillas who wanted to send a message to Israel that it better not contemplate a return.
Yesterday, Leyov stood by his remarks, telling Israel radio that there was no one who could promise that civilians would not be harmed.
Europeans wary of electronic spies
The Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium Alleges that a U.S.-led spy network snoops on billions of private phone calls, faxes and e-mails have inspired sharp criticism in Europe, with officials calling the reports shocking and warning people to be wary about what they say electronically.
A report commissioned by the European Parliament and released Wednesday claimed the communication-bugging network was eavesdropping on Europe's business community. Despite denials from governments named in the report, the head of the European Union's assembly called for strong action.
"We have every reason to be shocked at the fact that this form of espionage, which has been going on for a number of years, has not prompted any official protest," European Parliament Speaker
Nicole Fontaine said late
Wednesday.
The EU Commission has not said whether it will launch an investigation into the allegations.
the intelligence group, called Echelon, is led by the United States and includes Britain, Canada Australia and New Zealand. It was set up at the beginning of the Cold War in 1947 and gradually grew to include a network of surveillance-interception stations spread across the globe.
Allegations that Echelon carries out commercial espionage against fellow European allies have met with deep concern, especially from the French, who themselves are members of a wider intelligence ring connected to Echelon.
"We have to be as prudent as possible in the transmission of data," Justice Minister Elisabeth Guligou told the National Assembly in Paris. British Prime Minister Tony Blair
hold the National Assembly in Paris,
British Prime Minister Tony Blair
denied the allegations outright on a visit to EU headquarters Wednesday.
In Washington, State Department representative James P. Rubin denied any involvement in commercial espionage by the National Security Agency.
The report on Echelon was written by a British investigative journalist, Duncan Campbell.
Campbell said that intelligence facilities easily could tap into billions of messages per hour, including telephone calls, fax transmissions and private e-mails. He urged the EU to take action to protect against unwanted interception of communications, insisting the interceptions violate human rights.
Campbell's report is the second of two commissioned by the EU assembly. The first report said firms in EU nations incurred losses of several billion dollars per year as a result of corporate espionage.
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